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Revision as of 17:53, 30 August 2007

This article lists any lawsuits or legal actions relating to J.R.R. Tolkien and his works.

Contents

Domain disputes

jrrtolkien.com

  • Dispute: JRR Tolkien Estate Limited v. Network Operations Center, Alberta Hot Rods [1]
  • Summary: No attempt of non-commercial use of the domain was made.
  • Outcome: The Tolkien Estate wins control of the domain.

tolkien.net

  • Dispute: JRR Tolkien Estate Limited v. tolkien.net [2]
  • Summary: There was no attempt by the owner to create an actual Tolkien-related website, thus it was assumed the owner was hoping to profit by most likely selling the domain.
  • Outcome:The Tolkien Estate wins control of the domain.

shiremail.com

  • Dispute: JRR Tolkien Estate v. Tarrant Costelloe [3] [4]
  • Summary: The email service was not free and thus attempting to profit from Tolkien's works.
  • Outcome: The domain name expired and now just displays advertisements.

lotrfanclub.com

  • Dispute: The Saul Zaentz Company v. Siarhei Chyzhevich [5]
  • Summary: After the The Lord of the Rings Fan Club was shut down by Decipher, they forgot to renew the domain name, lotrfanclub.com, after expiration a pornographic snatched up the domain.
  • Outcome: Tolkien Enterprises wins control of the domain.

hobbit.es

  • Dispute: The Saul Zaentz Company doing business as Tolkien Enterprises v. Marc Rodríguez Negro [6]
  • Summary: Not a non-commercial site.
  • Outcome: Tolkien Enterprises wins control of the domain.


Image disputes

fan.theonering.net/rolozo

  • Date: June 14th, 2004
  • Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked webmaster to remove all maps.
  • Outcome: All maps were removed.

tolkienion.com

  • Date: June 16th, 2004
  • Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove material that infringes their copyrights, specifically the maps.
  • Outcome: Website complied and removed maps.

tolkien-maps.com

  • Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
  • Outcome: Website complies and shuts down.

lotrmaps.cjb.net

  • Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
  • Outcome: Website complies and shuts down.

lotrmaps.middle-earth.us

  • Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
  • Outcome: Website complies and shuts down.

7up.org/gecko/gallery2

  • Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
  • Outcome: Website complies and removes Tolkien-related maps.

isildur.com

  • Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
  • Outcome: Website complies and removes maps section.


Content disputes

merp.com

  • Dispute: Tolkien Enterprises asked website to remove all material relating to ICE Roleplaying material.
  • Outcome: Website complied and removed material.
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